PNG TO GIF CONVERTER

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Convert a PNG image to GIF format.

Your file is uploaded only for the moment it takes to convert, then deleted from the server straight away. It is never stored, indexed, or shared.

What Happens to Partial Transparency

This is the conversion that surprises people. PNG stores 256 levels of transparency per pixel, so an anti-aliased edge fades smoothly into whatever is behind it. GIF stores one bit: a pixel is either fully visible or fully gone. Every semi-transparent pixel therefore has to pick a side, and soft edges come back jagged — most obviously around curved text and drop shadows. If the PNG has hard edges only, the conversion is clean. If it has soft ones, expect a visible staircase.

Privacy Note

This conversion runs on our server. Your file is uploaded only for the seconds the conversion takes and is deleted immediately afterwards — it is never stored, indexed, or shared. Accepted input: PNG, up to 25 MB.

Key Features

  • Optimised palette generated per image
  • Binary transparency handled explicitly rather than silently flattened to black
  • Clean results for hard-edged graphics; soft edges will show stepping
  • Consider APNG or WebP instead where partial transparency matters

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